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  • Adapting computer science technologies to bridge critical gaps in proposed Tox21 risk assessment programs

    Creator:
    Larkin, Andrew
    Abstract:
    In 2004 the National Toxicology Program published an article describing their intent to pursue toxicology testing and risk assessment practices solely reliant on high throughput in vitro datasets and in silico modeling for dose-response assessments. Support and contributions form regulatory agencies and a significant portion of the life sciences community...
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    Dissertation
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    a “21st century” or a “Tox21” risk assessment program. As of 2014, the envisioned program is

  • A human health risk assessment of hazardous air pollutants in Portland, Oregon

    Creator:
    Tam, Bonnie
    Abstract:
    In 1990, the Clean Air Act (CAA) Amendments authorized the regulation of 188 hazardous air pollutants (HAP). Exposure to HAPs at sufficient concentrations and durations can increase both cancer and serious adverse non-carcinogenic effects. The purpose of this study was to conduct a human health risk assessment using data of...
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    Masters Thesis
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    Risk Assessment of Hazardous Air Pollutants in Portland, Oregon Abstract approved:.. Catherine

  • Preliminary framework for the run-ahead predictive simulation software (RAPSS)

    Creator:
    Makinson, Kevin A.
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    The Run-Ahead Predictive Simulation Software (RAPSS) is an architecture designed for faster-than-real-time decision support for operators of complex networks. To enable further development of the RAPSS methodology, the necessary proof of principle is illustrated in two applications: decision support for shift technical advisors in nuclear power plant control rooms (RAPSS-STA),...
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    Dissertation
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    .......................................................................................23 2.2 Probabilistic Risk Assessment (PRA

  • New Applications for Passive Samplers : In-situ Flux and Risk Assessment of Legacy and Emerging Contaminants

    Creator:
    Tidwell, Lane G.
    Abstract:
    Passive sampling devices (PSDs) were used to measure air vapor and water dissolved phase concentrations of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) and oxygenated PAHs (OPAHs) at two different environmentally contaminated sites. Environmental contaminates like PAHs and OPAHs are present in both the atmospheric and aqueous environmental compartments. It is known that...
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    Dissertation
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    air and water is driven by current activities not legacy pollution.  Ha: Inhalation health risk

  • Essays on location decisions and carbon sequestration strategies of U.S. firms

    Creator:
    Wu, Caiwen
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    Location is a critical component of business decisions. A firm's location decision may be influenced not only by market forces, such as the location of input suppliers, output processors and competitors, but also by government policies if such policies impact their expected profits and are applied non-uniformly across space. Likewise,...
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    Dissertation
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    ) air pollution mitigation, the reduction of atmospheric carbon dioxide concentrations due to our

  • "Instead of tumbleweed, we have mitigation systems" : an ethnography of toxics risk, mitigation, and advocacy in IBM's deindustrialized birthplace

    Creator:
    Little, Peter C.
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    This dissertation draws on ethnographic data and political ecological theory to analyze the experience of residents living in the IBM-Endicott Superfund site in Endicott, New York. Combining in-depth narratives and quantitative measures from a household survey, it highlights residents' perceptions of 1) environmental health risk, 2) risk mitigation, 3) deindustrialization...
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    Dissertation
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    in political ecology, industrial pollution, and risk caught my eye and getting to know Bryan over